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JUST MAKING CHILI posted:Is there no time or no votes to override his veto? No legislature i say swears online posted:yeah i think this is the core of it. imo he's so afraid of getting dewhursted that he's lost the plot The long and short of it is he’s a maga faker, he’s trying to be a big swinging dick in the Trump mold but he ain’t that guy
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jade helm was just a few months into his eight year tenure. he's not going to get better at this and it's frankly weird
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JUST MAKING CHILI posted:Is there no time or no votes to override his veto? Texas' legislative sessions are so short and the process delays almost every bill to be sent to the governor at the tail end of the session, so nothing really gets vetoed until the legislature has already left. It's functionally impossible to ever override a veto in Texas. Last time it happened was in 1979, and 1941 before that.
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zoux posted:The long and short of it is he’s a maga faker, he’s trying to be a big swinging dick in the Trump mold but he ain’t that guy Agreed but it's not like he's doing this in a vacuum. He's betting on the maga voter not giving a poo poo about a single piece of legislative work if they don't get a property tax break from the massive budget surplus he's been touting all year. He's also betting on the maga voter to punish their rep/senator for also being so wholly inept that they couldn't get a tax break passed in a government that holds R control at every level, and what does a maga voter love more than a faux strongman/bully? idk it's all really loving stupid, and he definitely ain't that guy. Jake Gittes fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jun 19, 2023 |
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https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1670816483612426241 With her and Hollins dropping out, the Houston Mayor's race is between Sheila Jackson Lee and John Whitmire - not super inspiring for an extremely strong Mayor system (though I guess after this session, what the City can do is limited). Maybe one of the other candidates can jump in - Gilbert Garcia or something - who knows.
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Who do you guys think could be a strong Democratic candidate for any statewide office in Texas?
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Zwabu posted:Who do you guys think could be a strong Democratic candidate for any statewide office in Texas? *Maybe* Jesus of Nazareth, but it'd be a tough race for a brown-skinned foreign socialist.
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Zwabu posted:Who do you guys think could be a strong Democratic candidate for any statewide office in Texas? I can’t think of one
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Lemniscate Blue posted:*Maybe* Jesus of Nazareth, but it'd be a tough race for a brown-skinned foreign socialist. Not my 
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Zwabu posted:Who do you guys think could be a strong Democratic candidate for any statewide office in Texas? The Bucc'ees beaver, one of the Butts, John P. Whataburger
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i think the best we can hope for us is some sort of manchurian candidate situation in which someone runs as a maga republican but then "surprise i'm a communist" when ze/hir gets to office.
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Any plausible candidate would have to be so centrist that this thread would be unreadable for a generation
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It was readable during Beto/Cruz. Centrist Dem winning would just give us yet another thing to mock to protect our sanity while existing in this hell state.
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Dameius posted:It was readable during Beto/Cruz. Centrist Dem winning would just give us yet another thing to mock to protect our sanity while existing in this hell state. Oh you mean cringe oil sellout Robert O’Rourke?
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Dameius posted:It was readable during Beto/Cruz. Centrist Dem winning would just give us yet another thing to mock to protect our sanity while existing in this hell state. No it would be because I would be insufferable about it  https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1670822269218873349 lol someone tell Dan Patrick Charlie Kirk thinks he's a rino zoux fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Jun 19, 2023 |
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How can a mid-June holiday compete with a holiday that’s two full weeks later? How can two holidays compete?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:How can a mid-June holiday compete with a holiday that’s two full weeks later? Well for example there's MLK day and Confederate Heroes Day. https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1670876395021426688 We may not get a trial date tomorrow
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zoux posted:I can’t think of one 
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Nah, not with Wemby on the way
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Wemby will hopefully join the Enes Kanter Freedom Caucus
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Zwabu posted:Who do you guys think could be a strong Democratic candidate for any statewide office in Texas? The closest a candidate has gotten in 30 years was Beto and woo boy you should read some of the Beto takes in here. Whomever that person is will not be palatable to SA.
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The closest any coach could have come was Mack Brown 2006.
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Sab0921 posted:The closest a candidate has gotten in 30 years was Beto and woo boy you should read some of the Beto takes in here. Yeah I've read them and most of them more than once. It's part of what prompted my sincere question. I mean sure in retrospect the Beto Presidential run was a mistake and his take on guns hae not been well received. But what would be the proper way to handle that? Just mealymouthed thoughts and prayers like every other Dem and Republican, for which he would have been dragged here as well, I have little doubt? The reason I ask is because there seems an instinctive, reflexive dismissal of anyone who tries to run for a statewide office and the sentiment expressed that it's a waste of time and money that could presumably be useful... elsewhere, in the country or in the state. Beto seemed like a generically appealing guy who gave intense retail politics a serious go. Pulled some lower office candidates and judges across the finish line. Is that not good and better than a Wendy Davis or MJ whose candidacies did not seem in earnest and more like fundraising profile building campaigns? Better than a Castro twins who won't even take the problem on? Is it not better for the Colin Allred type candidates to try or to wait for someone who is objectively perfect? Or hope for some surprise celeb bullshit like Matthew McG to run and win on celeb gimmickry and hope he's not a shithead if he wins? Any good campaign even if it came up short could have some coattail effect like Beto and win some lower seats and hopefully build out a little voter registration and maybe infrastructure if not totally squandered by the state party.
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If you’re going to run in Texas, you have to like guns and oil.
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It's as important as having a fiddle in the band.
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You would need a major scandal and likely a legitimate conservative third party challenger that siphons 10-15% of the vote.
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Ok, I'm back to my previous decision of running for Texas governor, as the democratic nominee. What all do I need to do to get the nom?
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The Bananana posted:Ok, I'm back to my previous decision of running for Texas governor, as the democratic nominee. A glowing profile in the New York Times
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The Bananana posted:Ok, I'm back to my previous decision of running for Texas governor, as the democratic nominee. Get some backing from tech companies on a platform to make Texas a more desirable place for them? Figure out some prose for the public about better opportunities and bringing more jobs to the state?
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The Bananana posted:Ok, I'm back to my previous decision of running for Texas governor, as the democratic nominee. army pilot veteran
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Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others?
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Will say it every time - there's no statewide candidate that can win with our piss-poor Democratic party state infrastructure and extreme voter suppression of marginalized communities. Individual policy positions or charm are irrelevant.
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https://twitter.com/HaydenJSparks/status/1670936861517262852 This is tricky because the constitution requires that every senator be present for the trial. Paxton's lawyers were floating the idea that she attends but only votes present, which would be de facto recusal and fine with me. But I don't buy for a second she wouldn't vote against if she was the deciding vote. And we won't know if she will honor such an agreement until the actual vote occurs. But, I don't want him to have some sort of cause to file for appeal or whatever because of unconstitutionality. OTOH if you thought you had that avenue for appeal, wouldn't you want her to recuse and set that up? So dunno. Obviously the constitution didn't contemplate that the wife of an impeached official would also be a seated state senator. zoux fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jun 20, 2023 |
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i say swears online posted:army pilot veteran #rip Swears doing another stretch.
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:Will say it every time - there's no statewide candidate that can win with our piss-poor Democratic party state infrastructure and extreme voter suppression of marginalized communities. Individual policy positions or charm are irrelevant.
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Zwabu posted:Who do you guys think could be a strong Democratic candidate for any statewide office in Texas? I think the only possibility would be some kind of football hero, like if Troy Aikman was a Democrat (and I don't think he is). What do we know about Tony Romo or Jason Witten?
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Zwabu posted:Who do you guys think could be a strong Democratic candidate for any statewide office in Texas? uuuhhhhh...... the mars volta guys?
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